SPRINGFIELD – Police arrested three men early Thursday, charging them with stealing 190 cartons of cigarettes, some baseball hats and other items during a break-in at a Citgo convenience store at 736 Boston Road, police said.

Sgt. John M. Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said the three men were stopped on State Street near Benton Street at about 2:30 a.m. Officers Eric Ganley and Luis Adames pulled them over after seeing them in a truck matching the description of a vehicle that reportedly fled the scene of the break-in, he said.

When the officers approached the vehicle, the three occupants seemed nervous, Delaney said. Officers could see the stolen items in the bed of the truck, he said.